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>> translator: of course the polls taken inside the united states show that over 75% of the united states population are still somewhat nebulous about the real reasons of that event, of those events. what i said were a number of questions. an event has occurred. due to that, two countries have been occupied and the conflict still continues. every day, hundreds of people in afghanistan, pakistan and iraq are killed. would it not have been better to have a more precise analysis and find out the true in-depth reason of the events of september 11th, make that -- make those findings transparent to the populations in the nations across the world, and then have a response in unison. of course, the expense would have been much less. do you know how much has been spent during the afghan and iraq war? >> a considerable amount of money but let me ask you this, mr. president. if nearly 3,000 iranians had been murdered in the way that americans were on 9/11, in tehran, how would you have reacted to the country that you believed had done that? >> translator: so you are saying that the country of afghan
>> translator: of course the polls taken inside the united states show that over 75% of the united states population are still somewhat nebulous about the real reasons of that event, of those events. what i said were a number of questions. an event has occurred. due to that, two countries have been occupied and the conflict still continues. every day, hundreds of people in afghanistan, pakistan and iraq are killed. would it not have been better to have a more precise analysis and find out...
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clearly, the united states does not believe in this video. doesn't espouse the values and doesn't decry the prophet muhammad. he's saying, listen, if you want to live in a democracy, free speech is part of that. that is one of the values he says the u.s. troops have gone to battle to defend. and so he's saying that he can't ban the video. at the same time, saying that he has a problem, and saying that violence is never the answer. i think he was also trying to say to these leaders, you can't let islamic extremism hijack your resolution. he's seen the violent protests at the u.s. embassies in the last couple of weeks. >> i think what he said was extremists, violence is their only way to stay relevant. which was interesting. the president met with the secretary ban ki-moon. he did not meet with world leaders. he made an appearance on "the view." does that look like he's focusing on politics more so than negotiating foreign policy? >> a little bit. i think there are a cup of things going on. first of all, he's clearly reaching out to the america
clearly, the united states does not believe in this video. doesn't espouse the values and doesn't decry the prophet muhammad. he's saying, listen, if you want to live in a democracy, free speech is part of that. that is one of the values he says the u.s. troops have gone to battle to defend. and so he's saying that he can't ban the video. at the same time, saying that he has a problem, and saying that violence is never the answer. i think he was also trying to say to these leaders, you can't...
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but president obama will be at the united nations, telling the assembly of leaders that the united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. a senior administration official tells abc news this morning in new york city, in front of the united nations, president obama will reiterate the u.s. commitment to preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. he'll also call on leaders in the combustible muslim world to end the violence and declare the u.s. will not shrink from bringing to justice those who harm americans. sensing an opening, mitt romney has been assailing the president for calling the situation bumps in the road. >> bumps in the road -- we had an ambassador assassinated. and iran is that much closer to building a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: the white house says the president was referring broadly to transformations in the region. >> there is a certain rather desperate attempt to grasp at words and phrases here to find political advantage. and in this case, that's profoundly offensive. >> reporter: the romney campaign is also posting to a clip
but president obama will be at the united nations, telling the assembly of leaders that the united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. a senior administration official tells abc news this morning in new york city, in front of the united nations, president obama will reiterate the u.s. commitment to preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. he'll also call on leaders in the combustible muslim world to end the violence and declare the u.s. will not...
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and he could only do it if the united states was there. is there some truth to that is >> look, there is no question that our 193 member at the united nations, there's only one member, iran, that is openly calling for the destruction of another member. israel. there's only one member openly denying the holocaust. there's only one member of the united nations that is constantly, habitually instigating violence all over the world, from latin america, through north africa all the way to central asia and certainly in the middle east. for all those reasons and many more, the world simply cannot and should not tolerate the very notion of iran becoming nuclear. >> do you ever feel conflicted when you look at iran, it has a jewish member of parliament, there's been a series on the holocaust, television series that aired in iran. there is a small jewish community there. do you ever feel conflicted at all in that sometimes their actions in that way, don't appear to be anti-jewish. >> i don't think the world has an issue with the iranian people. i th
and he could only do it if the united states was there. is there some truth to that is >> look, there is no question that our 193 member at the united nations, there's only one member, iran, that is openly calling for the destruction of another member. israel. there's only one member openly denying the holocaust. there's only one member of the united nations that is constantly, habitually instigating violence all over the world, from latin america, through north africa all the way to...
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maybe this is why romney's returns list the united states of america as a foreign country. you can understand the confusion. romney's blind trust investments also raised eyebrows. romney himself has called a blind trust an age-old rouge. instead, you can give a blind trust rules. but in his 2011 returns, romney didn't have many rules about chinese investments. mitt romney all along has been the candidate who says president obama did not stand up to china. e romney has railed against cho china's trade tactics. >> my own view on the relationship with china is this. china is stealing our patents, our designs, know-how, brand names. they are hacking into our computers steeling information from not only corporate computers but government computers and manipulating their currency. for those who don't understand the impact of that, i have seen it. i have seen it. >> tough talk, right? none of these things stopped romney from allowing chinese investments into his portfolio. his returns show the romney family owning shares of a chinese oil company. romney dumped the shares this summ
maybe this is why romney's returns list the united states of america as a foreign country. you can understand the confusion. romney's blind trust investments also raised eyebrows. romney himself has called a blind trust an age-old rouge. instead, you can give a blind trust rules. but in his 2011 returns, romney didn't have many rules about chinese investments. mitt romney all along has been the candidate who says president obama did not stand up to china. e romney has railed against cho china's...
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do you consider the united states an ally? >> translator: this is dependent on the definition of an ally. the understanding of an ally as a part of a military alliance, this is not existent right now. if you mean by ally, partnership, and special diplomatic relationship and cooperation, we are that ally. >> very interesting interview, charlie. we should also note this morning, governor mitt romney is attacking president obama's foreign policy record at a campaign rally in colorado. romney said america needs a president who will shape events and not be at their mercy. jan crawford is in denver. jan, what happened to the reset that the romney campaign said they were going to do talking about economy and jobs? instead it seems like they're talking about foreign policy. >> reporter: right. it was foreign policy yesterday. although, romney has said he's going to be drawing a sharper contrast with the president. we sure saw that here in denver. he hit the president hard for saying recent events in the middle east were bumps in the r
do you consider the united states an ally? >> translator: this is dependent on the definition of an ally. the understanding of an ally as a part of a military alliance, this is not existent right now. if you mean by ally, partnership, and special diplomatic relationship and cooperation, we are that ally. >> very interesting interview, charlie. we should also note this morning, governor mitt romney is attacking president obama's foreign policy record at a campaign rally in colorado....
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is that going to be okay with the united states? it's probably not going to be okay with the united states. who knows. everybody would understand that this is not going to be okay. given this company and their history and their intentions here. the only people who would not understand that not going through, the only people not understanding that being kiboshed are the people invested in cnooc, people invested in this company that calls itself a weapon. one of the investors in cnooc happens to be running for president of the united states. guess who it is? if you guessed gary johnson, no. it's not virgil goode. it would be mitt romney. he's an investor in this chinese-owned oil company. or at least he was. his tax returns just released on friday showed seven months after it was reported this company was doing this huge deal with iran, nobody is supposed to be doing energy deals with iran, it was not a secret, seven months after mitt romney invested in that company doing business with iran. and then he invested some more with then. t
is that going to be okay with the united states? it's probably not going to be okay with the united states. who knows. everybody would understand that this is not going to be okay. given this company and their history and their intentions here. the only people who would not understand that not going through, the only people not understanding that being kiboshed are the people invested in cnooc, people invested in this company that calls itself a weapon. one of the investors in cnooc happens to...
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prevent him from coming to the united states or is by virtue of the fact that the united nations is in new york? many americans are thinking, why in the portlan world is he alloe here. >> we were successful keeping arafat out. the president takes a cavalier attitude about it. he deals with claims of iran being a nuclear power by saying it's noise that he blocks out. you know, governor romney makes a slight little statement that somebody can misinterpret, it's all over the news for five days. obama makes an astounding, irresponsible statement like this, and, you know, it's ignored. >> greta: do you have any thought on the fact that he's going to be speaking on yom kippur, the holiest of days to israelis, to jews in america, and this is a man who wants to wipe israel off the map. he said they're like a tumor. whose idea was it to have speak that today? why can't he speak today or on thursday, some other day? >> i don't know why, but shows the lack of sensitivity to what's going on and the total lack of concern about the state of israel, which frankly i don't think is very high on the
prevent him from coming to the united states or is by virtue of the fact that the united nations is in new york? many americans are thinking, why in the portlan world is he alloe here. >> we were successful keeping arafat out. the president takes a cavalier attitude about it. he deals with claims of iran being a nuclear power by saying it's noise that he blocks out. you know, governor romney makes a slight little statement that somebody can misinterpret, it's all over the news for five...
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. >> i have made it clear that the united states government had nothing to do with this video, and i believe its message must be rejected by all who respect our common humanity. it is an insult not only to muslims but to america as well, for as the city outside these walls makes clear, we are a country that's welcomed people of every race and every faith. we are home to muslims who worship across our country. we not only respect the freedom of religion, we have laws that protect individuals from being harmed because of how they look or what they believe. >> our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is live at the united nations. she joins us now. listening to that speech, it began with a mention of chris stevens, it ended with a mention of chris stevens and it's not lost on anyone watching that the president has two major audiences. he's got an international audience clearly, and he's got a domestic audience during this election. was he able to navigate appropriately between the two with the remarks he actually chose? >> reporter: well, it will depend who you ask, ashleigh,
. >> i have made it clear that the united states government had nothing to do with this video, and i believe its message must be rejected by all who respect our common humanity. it is an insult not only to muslims but to america as well, for as the city outside these walls makes clear, we are a country that's welcomed people of every race and every faith. we are home to muslims who worship across our country. we not only respect the freedom of religion, we have laws that protect...
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came to the united states from venezuela. and i'm just curious if any of this -- how personal this is for you did you ever at one point wonder does my vote really count? >> yeah, it goes back to, you know, i was raised in venezuela. and i'm telling you understanding the best and worst of my country i grew up in and then understanding the best and the worst of the country i was born in, the united states. in seeing how many we lacked in south america and the community to really engage with a political, you know -- a political front, i think it is a disconnect i never had in venezuela and i feel like now being able to understand my platform and being able to understand my voice, i feel like it is time to say, hey, man, i'm a citizen, i live in this country like anybody else and let's really enjoy the gift we have of voting that some countries just don't really enjoy. >> i appreciate this is personal for you. and i hear your passion. and i know you were just giving us some numbers, some statistics. let me share some as well. jus
came to the united states from venezuela. and i'm just curious if any of this -- how personal this is for you did you ever at one point wonder does my vote really count? >> yeah, it goes back to, you know, i was raised in venezuela. and i'm telling you understanding the best and worst of my country i grew up in and then understanding the best and the worst of the country i was born in, the united states. in seeing how many we lacked in south america and the community to really engage with...
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would you consider the united states an ally? >> translator: this is dependent on the definition of an ally. the understanding of an ally as a part of a military alliance, this is not existent right now. but if you mean by allied partnership and special diplomatic relationship and cooperation, we are that ally. >> very interesting interview, charlie. >>> we should also note this morning, governor mitt romney is attacking president obama's foreign policy record at a campaign rally in colorado. romney said america needs a president who will shape events and not be at their mercy. jan crawford is in denver, and jan, what happened to the reset that the romney campaign said they were going to do, talking about economy and jobs? instead, it seems like they're talking about foreign policy. >> right. it was foreign policy yesterday. although romney has said he's going to be drawing a sharper contrast with the president. we sure saw that here in denver. he hit the president hard for saying recent events in the middle east were bumps in th
would you consider the united states an ally? >> translator: this is dependent on the definition of an ally. the understanding of an ally as a part of a military alliance, this is not existent right now. but if you mean by allied partnership and special diplomatic relationship and cooperation, we are that ally. >> very interesting interview, charlie. >>> we should also note this morning, governor mitt romney is attacking president obama's foreign policy record at a campaign...
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i think it may have cost the united states more notto. and we know, f am t thaveno their ears in conversations with the egyptians over the aftermath of that. we know the president had a long talk with president morsi about the upsurge of the demonstrations in cairo over the film trail and we know it proded some relt k muc firmer stand after that conversation. and he is coming here today. the president of egypt. it will be interesting to see what he says. >> it's amazing. >> cgi. >> i was going to say cgi is like the a smith nn yoot cdas cong here. you got mitt romney coming this morning and right after that, the president. >> i invited him. i called him and invit him. we did it four years ago, remember? senator mccain came a brought governor palinithim. andfoo whatever you think about his tax return, given a substantial amount of money to charity, he might want to talk about that today. >> i heard what the secretary said yesterday about elites not payi taxes. are youomfoable with a l hekt'en going on, the democrat primary? and even at the
i think it may have cost the united states more notto. and we know, f am t thaveno their ears in conversations with the egyptians over the aftermath of that. we know the president had a long talk with president morsi about the upsurge of the demonstrations in cairo over the film trail and we know it proded some relt k muc firmer stand after that conversation. and he is coming here today. the president of egypt. it will be interesting to see what he says. >> it's amazing. >> cgi....
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now even the president of the united states is weighing in. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." president obama gave a major speech today before an international audience. world leaders gathered at the united nations and millions of viewers around the world were watching. comes exactly six weeks before the november election. and that means president obama's words are also aimed at domestic viewers. in other words, american voters. cnn's foreign affairs ver in nework watching all of thiunfold. jill, update our viewers on what happened. >> reporter: well, wolf,o ow psident oba wn' neyorkery long. pearance, thatspeech.n. orl i ch. in h ch to the united nas pres fadwaudnces, citizens of the world some ofemtica s.and his own fowamer ecide o not toee himo begin today byin you about arica named chris stevens. repter: chris sevens u.s. ambassor to la lled two weeks ago in an attack in benghazi. obama'se americans end the world we're in ts together >> the atcks of t
now even the president of the united states is weighing in. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." president obama gave a major speech today before an international audience. world leaders gathered at the united nations and millions of viewers around the world were watching. comes exactly six weeks before the november election. and that means president obama's words are also aimed at domestic viewers....
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now even the president of the united states is weighing in. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." president obama gave a major speech today before an international audience. world leaders gathered at the united nations and millions of viewers around the world were watching. comes exactly six weeks before the november election. and that means president obama's words are also aimed at domestic viewers. in other words, american voters. cnn's foreign affairs correspondent, jill dougherty, is over in new york watching all of this unfold. jill, update our viewers on what happened. >> reporter: well, wolf, you know president obama wasn't here in new york very long. the highlight of his u.n. appearance, that speech. or maybe you could call it two speeches. in his speech to the united nations president barack obama faced two audiences, citizens of the world some of them skeptical muslims. and his own fellow american who is soon will decide whether or not to keep him i
now even the president of the united states is weighing in. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." president obama gave a major speech today before an international audience. world leaders gathered at the united nations and millions of viewers around the world were watching. comes exactly six weeks before the november election. and that means president obama's words are also aimed at domestic viewers....